Interesting Reads and Listens of 2025

**Empire of AI by Karen Hao** While the inside scoop on how events played out at OpenAI was eye-opening, the most interesting insight for me is the chronological run of events related to development of AI through the lens of different companies: OpenAI (non-profit/for-profit), DeepMind/Google, Anthropic, etc. The cast of characters involved from earliest times through 2025 and their role in…